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David Wright? Mark De Rosa? Kevin Kouzmanoff? Placido Polanco? Scott Rolen? That’s the bulk of your 2012-13 free agent third basemen, unless you count first baseman Mark Reynolds, the only player to strike out more times in a single season than Adam Dunn but lower his strikeout total to 159 under Orioles hitting coach Jim Presley. With the New York Mets feverishly trying to re-sign Wright to a lucrative extension, that leaves an undistinguished cast of potential external candidates for the White Sox to replace Kevin Youkilis at third base should he depart via free agency - a likely scenario. It will come as no surprise to Youkilis if and when the Sox elect not to pick up...

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David Wright?
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